Variety Show

Maybe NBC should sign Timberlake and Gaga to costar in an old-time variety-show together — they could be the Sonny and Cher of the 21st century. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Lopukhov had danced on the vaudeville circuit with his sister later the wife of British economist John Maynard Keynes, by the by, and "The Bright Stream" is full of variety-show cheese: A tractor driver dresses up as a dog and careens around the stage on a bicycle. ❋ Sarah Kaufman (2011)

In the fourth season of "30 Rock," the fictitious variety-show host Tracy Jordan, played with verve by comedian Tracy Morgan , has an emotional epiphany after shooting "Garfield 3," in which he starred as a motion-capture cat. ❋ Rachel Dodes (2012)

Conference of Mayors and 90-some members of the Kennedy family; when your emcees include Terrence McNally, Diane Sawyer and Mike Nichols; and when your performers include Yo-Yo Ma, Herbie Hancock and Paul Simon, the actual art tends to get pushed aside, served up in snippets the size of variety-show acts. ❋ Anne Midgette (2011)

The Two Skirts & a Shirt show opens with a self-titled original semi-comic blues; it's a trifle misleading, more like a 1960s TV variety-show opening. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)

He had hit albums - live recordings of his comedy songs - but didn't do the variety-show circuit on TV, or have any of his own primetime specials. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dancers donning cover-ups and vintage-style, square-bottom bathing suits paired with bandeau tops performed in a variety-show that was just a little dirty and fabulously cheeky. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And Conan's "Tonight Show" faces Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," which has won the variety-show derby the past seven years running. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Having chosen the finalists and formed them into an alarmingly amateurish version of an old variety-show backup troupe, the two stars now have to split them into competing teams — which means we still don't know what the Dance is going to look like when it actually gets into gear. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Mermaid Frolics (1977) is more an enjoyable curiosity for Python completists, shot on video for television -- think sort of the British variety-show equivalent of Donny & Marie (only funnier) or The Star Wars Holiday Special (only with far, far fewer Stormtroopers -- unless you count Cleese by the end of the famous "Bookshop" sketch, hilariously delivered with his then-wife Connie Booth). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Choirs counters with star power and variety-show appeal, as Patti LaBelle, Michael Bolton, Nick Lachey, Kelly Rowland and Blake Shelton try to coach hometown choirs to viewer-vote victory. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In an effort to avoid the same old variety-show tropes, he says, he sought out fresh talent. ❋ Frank DiGiacomo (2008)

The previous year saw the retirement of variety-show veterans Sonny and Cher. ❋ Frank DiGiacomo (2008)

Mr. Brooks and Thomas Meehan, with whom he co-wrote the book, stick very, very close to the source, so if you were young in the '70s, you won't need to be told that "Young Frankenstein" is a Sid Caesar-style variety-show sketch blown up to cinematic length. ❋ Unknown (2007)

There would be no place on theEvening News for a melodramatic pundit and failed variety-show host who most recently had done breathless commentary on starlets in wet T-shirts. ❋ Dave Kindred (2006)

The article gives a good idea of what kind of music and visual content the Scopitones had: basically, a bizarre combination of sexploitation and family-friendly variety-show corn. ❋ Jaime J. Weinman (2006)

1 ) hey I just experienced the most amazing crazy [Variety Show] I never could have dreamed up in a million sleeps. 2 ) damn that Vauety Show was the best i have seen so far this year I hope they start producing many more soon! 3) so I really want you to not [judge me] because I joined in on a Variety Show cuz [you know it's] the biggest new thing to do right? ❋ Trippin~FO20 (2015)